Prescription Drugs

Prescription drugs are often described has Americas secret addiction
because prescription drugs are often abused by individuals who take
them for non-medical purposes. Prescription drugs posed a tremendous
risk for addiction because they are powerful, can be easy to obtain
and are legal. Many people take prescription drugs as they are prescribed
and this site does not stand in judgment of the medical community
and its practices. At the same time, research shows that over 45%
of doctors have a hard time talking to their patients about the
dangers of prescription drugs and the potential for addiction. This
fact allows many people to juggle multiple doctors for duplication
of the same prescription that maintains dependency and furthers
the disease of addiction to prescription drugs.

Just like any addiction to heroin or cocaine, abuse of prescription
drugs can cause physical and mental problems that must be addressed
or will continue to get worse. What may have started out as a legitimate
prescription to treat a physical or mental ailment can become its
own problem that can far outweigh the original. Over 9 million people
abused prescription drugs in 1999 according to the National Institute
on Drug abuse so do not feel like you are alone if you have a problem.
Prescription drugs are as powerful and often more so than street
drugs. Prescription drugs fall into the same categories as street
drugs based on their effects on the mind and body.

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Opioids are narcotics and prescribed under the names of codeine,
morphine or hydrocodone which is used by many brand name prescriptions.
Opioids, like the street drug heroin, block pain receptors and are
often prescribed for pain. Many people get hooked on these drugs
because they are very addicting and the body adapts quickly to the
medication and requires more to get the same pain blocking effect.
As more pain pills are taken, exceeding the recommended dosages
sometimes many times over, more are needed and it is not unusual
for individuals who are addicted to prescription drugs for pain
to take dozens of pills a day to feel normal. This kind of dependency
required a lot of time and resources and usually illegal activities
of faking prescriptions and/or symptoms to obtain the pills.

Central nervous system depressants are used to treat anxiety and
sleep disorders. Brand names such as Valium, Halcion, Librium, Xanax
and ProSom have been widely distributed to slow down brain activity.
Like other drugs however the brain adapts and when a person tries
to get off of the drug, anxiety and sleeplessness can feel like
it is worse than ever and this often reinforces dependence.

The consequences of stimulant abuse such as Ritalin or Dexedrine
was accurately portrayed in the movie "Requiem for a Dream."
Much like their street counterparts cocaine and methamphetamines,
prescription stimulants can be very psychologically addicting and
are also subject to dependence and loss of control.

If you or a loved one has a prescription drug habit that is causing
problems, please give Treatment Referral a call today. We have a
wide variety of treatment options that we would like to discuss
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